The Israeli Institute for National Security Studies has just issued its 275 page report entitled “Strategic Survey for Israel 2016-2017”. This Israeli research institute and think tank is headed by former IDF Military Intelligence Chief, General (ret.) Amos Yadlin. Its analysis offers a valuable insight into the how the Israeli intelligence and security community view and prioritize developments regionally and globally, and in the process, also exposes who are the real friends and enemies of Israel in the Arab world.… Read more
The Israeli Institute for National Security Studies has just issued its 275 page report entitled “Strategic Survey for Israel 2016-2017”. This Israeli research institute and think tank is headed by former IDF Military Intelligence Chief, General (ret.) Amos Yadlin. Its analysis offers a valuable insight into the how the Israeli intelligence and security community view and prioritize developments regionally and globally, and in the process, also exposes who are the real friends and enemies of Israel in the Arab world.… Read more
What are the connections and similarities between the assassinations of Mohammed Zawahri and Abu Jihad?
Article published by the Palestine Chronicle.
On Dec. 15, 2016, Tunisian Mohammad al-Zawahri, a Hamas leader and flight engineer specializing in unmanned aerial vehicles, was assassinated in the Tunisian city of Sfax. This operation bore eerie similarities to another assassination 28 years earlier of prominent Palestinian leader and high-ranking Fateh official Khalil Al Wazir (popularly known as Abu Jihad).… Read more
The following article by CPA member Marion Kawas was published by Mondoweiss on February 25, 2016.
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In Canada, BDS loses in the House of Commons but wins on university campuses
So the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions BDS movement had a big day on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 in Canada, both in the House of Commons and on university campuses.
Within a few hours of each other, Canadian politicians voted 229-51 to condemn BDS and even individuals who promote it; then the Students Society at McGill, a leading university in Montreal, voted to support BDS.… Read more
The following article by CPA member Marion Kawas was published by Mondoweiss on February 25, 2016.
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In Canada, BDS loses in the House of Commons but wins on university campuses
So the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions BDS movement had a big day on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 in Canada, both in the House of Commons and on university campuses.
Within a few hours of each other, Canadian politicians voted 229-51 to condemn BDS and even individuals who promote it; then the Students Society at McGill, a leading university in Montreal, voted to support BDS.… Read more
Debunking Zionist Hasbara
On November 27, 2015, a meeting was held in downtown Vancouver, Canada under the title “First Nations & Palestinians at the Frontline of Resistance” organized by the Seriously Free Speech Committee and supported by another 10 community groups (of which Canada Palestine Association-Vancouver was one). On the day of the meeting, the local Zionist apologist paper “Jewish Independent” ran an editorial “Co-opting history”, full of the Israeli Hasbara 3 D’s – Distort, Divert and Defame.… Read more
Debunking Zionist Hasbara
On November 27, 2015, a meeting was held in downtown Vancouver, Canada under the title “First Nations & Palestinians at the Frontline of Resistance” organized by the Seriously Free Speech Committee and supported by another 10 community groups (of which Canada Palestine Association-Vancouver was one). On the day of the meeting, the local Zionist apologist paper “Jewish Independent” ran an editorial “Co-opting history”, full of the Israeli Hasbara 3 D’s – Distort, Divert and Defame.… Read more
The following message was sent to CBC ombudsman on August 11, 2014:
Dear CBC ombudsman
I sent the following web-mail to CBC News.
Please review it and make sure that future stories are accurate, balanced and reflect the reality on the ground.
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Your report “Gaza conflict: Israel, Hamas accept ceasefire proposal” smacks of pro-Israeli bias. It is inaccurate and negates the existence of Palestinians who are not Hamas.… Read more
Letter to CBC News Vancouver Regarding Biased Coverage
August 1, 2014
News Editor, CBC News Vancouver
We believe that your coverage of local events regarding the Israeli aggression on Gaza has been biased as well as unbalanced.
We had thousands of Vancouverites that took to the streets in downtown Vancouver on July 3, 2014, July 12, 2014, July 19, 2014 and July 25, 2014 to protest Israeli war crimes and the complicity of the Canadian government in them.… Read more
Letter to CBC News Vancouver Regarding Biased Coverage
August 1, 2014
News Editor, CBC News Vancouver
We believe that your coverage of local events regarding the Israeli aggression on Gaza has been biased as well as unbalanced.
We had thousands of Vancouverites that took to the streets in downtown Vancouver on July 3, 2014, July 12, 2014, July 19, 2014 and July 25, 2014 to protest Israeli war crimes and the complicity of the Canadian government in them.… Read more
The following email was sent on Dec.4, 2013 to NDP MPs and Party Officials:
Please stop pandering to the pro-Israel lobby, you will never win their vote. Instead, you are losing the progressive vote, your pride and your humanity.
Hanna Kawas
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Nov. 22, 2013
NDP solidly supports Israel
Editorial by: (“Jewish Independent”)
We call it the “kishkes” question. Any politician can mouth platitudes that sound good to Jewish voters.… Read more
Has the bankrupt CanWest’s pro-Israel banner passed to the Toronto Star?
The Toronto Star published an Editorial Opinion piece “Israeli voters still yearn for peace” on Jan. 25, 2013 by Shimon Koffler Fogel, the CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), formerly the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy. This article was the latest by Fogel, full of half-truths, distortions and inaccuracies.… Read more
Has the bankrupt CanWest’s pro-Israel banner passed to the Toronto Star?
The Toronto Star published an Editorial Opinion piece “Israeli voters still yearn for peace” on Jan. 25, 2013 by Shimon Koffler Fogel, the CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), formerly the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy. This article was the latest by Fogel, full of half-truths, distortions and inaccuracies.… Read more
Voice of Palestine Commentary (Jan. 2, 2013)
“To Speak in Muffled Tones…would be Less Than Human”
– Nelson Mandela
Since Kairos Palestine issued The Bethlehem Call: Here we stand – Stand with us just over a year ago, Israeli injustices have multiplied. Illegal Israeli colonies continue to be built on stolen Christian and Muslim Palestinian lands, putting economic hardship and the brutal matrix of control on the Palestinian civilian population; Bethlehem Christians feel the squeeze as Israeli settlements spread with 22 colonies now surrounding the holy city.… Read more
Voice of Palestine Commentary (Jan. 2, 2013)
“To Speak in Muffled Tones…would be Less Than Human”
– Nelson Mandela
Since Kairos Palestine issued The Bethlehem Call: Here we stand – Stand with us just over a year ago, Israeli injustices have multiplied. Illegal Israeli colonies continue to be built on stolen Christian and Muslim Palestinian lands, putting economic hardship and the brutal matrix of control on the Palestinian civilian population; Bethlehem Christians feel the squeeze as Israeli settlements spread with 22 colonies now surrounding the holy city.… Read more
Voice of Palestine Exits Coop Radio after 25 Years
Plans for Internet-only Show
August 15, 2012
Dear Friends:
On September 4, 2012, Voice of Palestine VOP radio show in Vancouver, Canada will mark a quarter century of broadcasting at Vancouver Coop Radio, 102.7 FM. We are extremely proud of the show’s history and our long contribution in bringing the Palestinian narrative to a broader audience.… Read more
